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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 15 May 2018
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    Patrick McKenzie Retweeted Tanya Reilly

    Depends heavily on form factor. The most I’ve ever spent on a talk is about 30 to 40 hours rehearsing for 7.5 minutes. (Still my best performance ever.) More typically a 45 minute talk is a day of work, assuming the topic is solidly in my wheelhouse.https://twitter.com/whereistanya/status/995653828933496832 …

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    Tanya Reilly @whereistanya
    Hey, people who talk at things: How long does it take you to put a new talk together? I need like 50 hours over at least a couple of months to make something I don't hate. I'm trying to get that down (maybe by not doing pictures?) but wondering what's normal for everyone else.
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      2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 15 May 2018
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        I note that I have a heavily extemporized style, very rarely give the same talk twice, and have a background in competitive public speaking, all of which probably being down the cost performance curve in my favor.

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 15 May 2018
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        Noting this partly because many folks aspire to speak for career opportunities (which IMHO I think that people generally overestimate per unit effort) and very many folks don’t appreciate the *prodigious* amount of (often unpaid) work behind even a fairly simple conference.

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      4. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 15 May 2018
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        Career opportunities part: I think that there exists a perception, particularly in OSS, that the speakers circuit is very high status with employers and leads to very valuable consulting gigs. Pitching clients leads to consulting gigs; speaking gets leads only, and slowly.

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      2. Shai Schechter‏ @shaisc 15 May 2018
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        Replying to @patio11

        wild guess: was it your minorities lightning talk at @bosconference 2010? showed it to @mojcamars and @jurezove this weekend and we were all blown away by the timing accuracy

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      3. Business of Software‏ @bosconference 15 May 2018
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        Replying to @shaisc @patio11 and

        It is pretty damn good, isn't it?http://businessofsoftware.org/2011/03/hello-ladies-patrick-mckenzie-at-business-of-software-2010-marketing-to-minorities/ …

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      1. Glen Mailer‏ @glenathan 15 May 2018
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        Replying to @patio11

        The shorter the talk, the more prep I need. I usually want to convey a similar amount of idea. I only talk about things I can wax on about for hours. Writing a talk is a distillation process.

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      2. Tom Barson‏ @tbarson49 15 May 2018
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        Preachers I admired used to tell me they prepared about one hour per planned minute. (That this discipline aided concision is not to be doubted!)

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      3. Nikete‏ @nikete 15 May 2018
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        Replying to @tbarson49 @patio11

        For the 1 hour talk, a one hour to minute ratio is reasonable, this equates audience and speaker time for an audience of 60. For audiences in the 10,000s then the talk is likely shorter and the effort much higher.

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      2. Dave Overton‏ @daveove 15 May 2018
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        Replying to @patio11

        Link to this performance?

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      3. Business of Software‏ @bosconference 16 May 2018
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        Hello Ladies!http://businessofsoftware.org/2011/03/hello-ladies-patrick-mckenzie-at-business-of-software-2010-marketing-to-minorities/ …

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